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• Massachusetts US Attorney Rachael Rollins formally resigns in wake of ethics probes

  19-05-2023 23:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins formally resigned Friday after wide-ranging investigations by two federal watchdog agencies found she sought to use her position to influence a local election and lied to investigators.In a letter to President Joe Biden obtained by The Associated Press, Rollins thanked the White House for supporting her during her contentious nomination process and said she wishes the administration “the best of luck in the months and year
  
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• Nebraska lawmakers pass abortion ban, restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors

  19-05-2023 23:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Legislature on Friday approved a 12-week abortion ban and restrictions on gender-affirming care for children in a move so contentious, lawmakers on both sides have acknowledged they may be unable to work together in the future.
  Conservative lawmakers wrangled just enough votes to end a filibuster and then pass a bill with both bans. A similar vote Tuesday allowed the bans to be rolled into one bill.
  Republican Gov. Jim Pillen, who pushed for the bill and m
  
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• Calgary Stampeders get on with season prep while waiting for the smoke to clear

  19-05-2023 22:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Smoke in the air threw a wrench into the early days of Calgary Stampeders’ training camp, but there were still jobs to be earned and important pre-season reps to accomplish.
  “When it comes down to it, stuff has to get done,” defensive end James Vaughters said Friday. “It isn’t always convenient.” 
  Monday’s pre-season home game against the Edmonton Elks was still on as of Friday, but a pre-game fan festival was rescheduled to June 24
  
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• Guardsman Jack Teixeira, Pentagon leak suspect, to remain jailed as he awaits trial

  19-05-2023 21:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A federal judge on Friday ordered a Massachusetts Air National Guard member accused of leaking highly classified military documents to remain behind bars while he awaits trial.
  In issuing his ruling, U.S. Magistrate Judge David Hennessy said Jack Teixeira had breached his obligation to protect national security information belonging to the United States.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
  A judge is poised to decide Friday whether a Massachusetts Air National
  
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• Truck driver arrested in multi-vehicle freeway crash that killed 7 in Oregon

  19-05-2023 21:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ALBANY, Ore. (AP) — The driver of a semitruck that slammed into a passenger van in western Oregon, killing 7 people, has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter, DUI and other charges, the Oregon State Police said Friday.
  The truck left the northbound lanes of Interstate 5 and hit a van carrying 11 passengers that was parked on the side of the freeway, according to police. The van was then pushed into the back of another semi-truck parked in front of it.
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• All-time NFL great running back, social activist Jim Brown dead at 87

  19-05-2023 21:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Brown, the unstoppable running back who retired at the peak of his brilliant career to become an actor as well as a prominent civil rights advocate during the 1960s, has died. He was 87.
  A spokeswoman for Brown’s family said he passed away peacefully in his Los Angeles home on Thursday night with his wife, Monique, by his side.
  One of the greatest players in football history and one of the game’s first superstars, Brown was chosen the NFL’s Most V
  
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• CF Montreal look to get back to winning against New York Red Bulls

  19-05-2023 20:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Despite losing 3-0 to FC Cincinnati on Wednesday, CF Montreal is staying positive heading into Saturday’s road match against the New York Red Bulls.
  “We’re going to stay calm, we’re going to keep working,” said Montreal head coach Hernan Losada on Thursday. “There are some positives to take away, and in two days there’s a new match.”
  Montreal (5-7-0) had its six-game winning streak in all competitions snapped with the defeat. In th
  
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• Canada’s Bouchard retires from Firenze Open quarterfinal against Errani

  19-05-2023 20:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FLORENCE, Italy — Canadian tennis player Eugenie Bouchard is out of the Firenze Ladies Open after she retired from her quarterfinal match against Italy’s Sara Errani.
  Bouchard, took three medical timeouts during the match before retiring with Errani leading 6-3, 1-0.
  The reason for Bouchard’s decision not to continue was not immediately clear, but the 29-year-old from Westmount, Que., has been beset by injuries over the last couple of years.
  Bouchard returned from a 17-month la
  
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• Supreme Court of Canada dismisses defamation suit filed by former Chilliwack, B.C., school board trustee - CBC.ca

  19-05-2023 20:25 via news.google.com
  Supreme Court of Canada dismisses defamation suit filed by former Chilliwack, B.C., school board trustee  CBC.ca
  
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• Lawyers argue Liberals’ proposed sanctions clarification does the opposite

  19-05-2023 20:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Canadian Bar Association and a lawyer helping firms navigate Canada’s sanctions regime warn that reforms in the federal budget bill seeking to clarify the rules will actually have the opposite effect.
  The Liberals are proposing changes that would specify which entities are barred from doing business with Canadians, such as companies that are 50 per cent or more owned by someone whom Ottawa has sanctioned.
  William Pellerin, an Ottawa-based trade lawyer with the firm McMil
  
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• Adventure of a lifetime awaits at Fraser River Lodge

  19-05-2023 20:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AGASSIZ — Experiencing Fraser River Lodge and all its amenities masterfully transcends bucket lists and getaway excursions.
  It’s the once-in-a-lifetime kind of adventure that you and your friends, or family, talk about before taking the plunge and setting aside time for memories that last a lifetime.
  Fishing on the mighty Fraser River is unlike any other tailor-made experience in the Fraser Valley, and that’s just what Fraser River Lodge owners Frank and Anne Staiger strive to
  
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• Five-minute intervals have Roughnecks a win away from National Lacrosse League final

  19-05-2023 19:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  You can set your watch to the Calgary Roughnecks’ playstyle. In fact, they do.
  Captain Jesse King and his teammates break every National Lacrosse League game into five-minute sections and focus on winning each one. That strategy has taken them to a do-or-die Game 3 against the Colorado Mammoth on Saturday in the best-of-three Western Conference final.
  “We always say ‘win the next five minutes.’ Whenever there’s a new five-minute increment, we try and win those five
  
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• Toronto Marlies cut loose entire coaching staff

  19-05-2023 19:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Marlies won’t be renewing the contracts of head coach Greg Moore and assistants A.J. MacLean and John Snowden, the club announced Friday. 
  The move by the top affiliate of the Toronto Maple Leafs came less than 24 hours after the club was eliminated from the American Hockey League playoffs in a three-game sweep by the Rochester Americans.
  Moore just finished his fourth season as Marlies’ coach, while MacLean was in his role for the last eight years.&n
  
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• Toronto FC travels to Texas with holes in its roster but hope of a turnaround

  19-05-2023 19:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Going through the health of Toronto FC players has become a ritual of late at coach Bob Bradley availabilities. It usually takes a while.
  “Who are we thinking about?” Bradley said in the buildup to Saturday’s game at Austin FC. “It’s easier if you give me a name.”
  There’s a lot to remember.
  Toronto (2-4-7) is missing nine players through injury or suspension with another three questionable, according to the club’s injury report. That total includes
  
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• Canadian Olympic sprinter Donovan Bailey joins Neko Sparks bid to buy Senators

  19-05-2023 19:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Former Canadian Olympic sprinter Donovan Bailey is joining the bid led by Los Angeles-based producer Neko Sparks to buy the NHL’s Ottawa Senators, the 55-year-old announced on Twitter.
  Bailey won gold medals in the men’s 100-metre dash and the 4×100-metre relay at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.
  He joins rapper Snoop Dogg on the list of high-profile names to join Sparks’s bid, which is aiming to be the first Black-led ownership group in the NHL.
  On Wednesday, Quebec Fi
  
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• Firefighting foam ban possible as Canada looks at risks of ‘forever chemicals’

  19-05-2023 19:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Firefighting foams, cosmetics and food packaging that contain cancer-causing “forever chemicals” could be limited or outright banned in Canada following a federal government risk assessment of the products.
  Environment and Climate Change Canada says in its draft report on PFAS chemicals that there are broad concerns about the risks they pose to both humans and the environment.
  PFAS include more than 4,700 different combinations of synthetic chemicals used in dozens of
  
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• B.C. district postpones climate events, citing intimidation, safety, misinformation

  19-05-2023 18:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NELSON, B.C. — A British Columbia regional district has postponed a series of climate action open houses, citing safety concerns and fears of intimidation.
  The Regional District of Central Kootenay in southeast B.C. says the open houses were scheduled to take place from next week until July, but making the “difficult decision” to delay the events was the only responsible course of action.
  The district’s statement issued Thursday doesn’t describe the nature of the in
  
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• Johnston’s advice on public inquiry about foreign interference expected Tuesday

  19-05-2023 18:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Special rapporteur David Johnston is expected to release his decision next Tuesday on whether the federal Liberals should hold a public inquiry on foreign interference.The recommendation is anticipated to be included in an initial report about how the government should proceed with allegations that Canada’s last two federal elections were subject to meddling by other countries.
  Opposition parties’ calls for a public inquiry into Chinese meddling have grown louder throu
  
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• Quebec updates climate change plan with $1B to reduce carbon emissions from buildings

  19-05-2023 18:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Quebec government says it will invest $1 billion to reduce the carbon footprint of buildings, which are responsible for almost 10 per cent of the province’s greenhouse gas emissions.
  Premier François Legault made the announcement today in his update to the government’s green economy plan, which covers a period between 2023 and 2028.
  About $215 million of that money will help fund projects for thermal waste treatment — methods that transform waste int
  
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• Judge blocks release of video, records in Tyre Nichols beating death investigation

  19-05-2023 18:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge on Friday continued to temporarily block the release of more video footage and records in the investigation into Tyre Nichols’ death, but said he does want to make public as much information as possible that would not interfere with the rights to a fair trial for five Memphis police officers facing charges.
  Shelby County Criminal Court Judge James Jones Jr. asked prosecutors to outline the information they think should and should not be be rele
  
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• Kyle Dubas out as general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs after five seasons

  19-05-2023 18:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Kyle Dubas is out as general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
  The team said Friday it is “parting ways” with the 37-year-old executive, whose contract was scheduled to expire June 30.
  The Leafs won a playoff series for the first time in nearly two decades this spring when they defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning before bowing out to the underdog Florida Panthers in a disappointing second-round showing.
  An emotional Dubas said at his end-of-season press conference he w
  
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• Ontario offering more money to Stellantis, Ford says

  19-05-2023 18:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province is offering more money in a bid to keep automaker Stellantis from pulling out of building an electric vehicle battery plant in Windsor, Ont.
  Stellantis and LG Energy Solution announced last year that they were building the $5-billion plant, but have in recent days stopped construction and warned they were implementing contingency plans because the federal government hasn’t lived up to an agreement. 
  The CEOs of t
  
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• Sen. Tim Scott makes it official: He’s a Republican candidate for president

  19-05-2023 17:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina filed paperwork on Friday to enter the 2024 Republican presidential race, testing whether a more optimistic vision of America’s future can resonate with GOP voters who have elevated partisan brawlers in recent years.
  The Senate’s only Black Republican has made his grandfather’s work in the cotton fields of the Deep South a bedrock of his political identity. Yet Scott rejects the notion that racism remains a powerful f
  
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• Saskatchewan Roughriders sign decorated Australian punter Korsak

  19-05-2023 17:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — The Saskatchewan Roughriders signed Australian punter Adam Korsak on Friday.
  The six-foot, 185-pound Korsak was Saskatchewan’s first pick, third overall, of the 2023 CFL global draft. The Australian joins the Riders after attending rookie minicamps with the Kansas City Chiefs and the Pittsburgh Steelers. 
  Korsak, 25, captured the Ray Guy award last season at Rutgers as American college football’s top punter. His net punting average of 43.4 yards was third in the N
  
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• CFL will live stream exhibition, regular-season games for first time in 2023

  19-05-2023 17:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The CFL will live stream both exhibition and regular-season games starting in 2023.
  The league announced Friday that fans in Canada will have free access to exhibition contests not being carried by both TSN and RDS. American and international viewers will be able to watch regular-season games not carried by the CBS Sports Network.
  “Free online viewing represents a new path forward for the league and all our fans,” CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie said in a statement. &
  
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• Defamation lawsuit launched by former Chilliwack school trustee Barry Neufeld, dismissed by Supreme Court of Canada

  19-05-2023 17:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed a defamation lawsuit involving former Chilliwack School Board Trustee Barry Neufeld.Neufeld was a SD 33 trustee in 2016 when the provincial government introduced a program to foster inclusion and respect for students who may face discrimination in school because of their gender identity or expression. The policy is called Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity 123 (SOGI). Neufeld criticized SOGI and his comments resulted in a public contro
  
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• Iran executes 3 men over violence during last year’s anti-government protests

  19-05-2023 17:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran on Friday executed three men accused of deadly violence during last year’s anti-government protests despite objections from human rights groups.
  Mizan, the judiciary’s website, announced the executions of Majid Kazemi, Saleh Mirhashemi and Saeed Yaghoubi, without saying how the deaths were carried out. Authorities say they killed a police officer and two members of the paramilitary Basij group in the city of Isfahan in November during nat
  
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• Smoky skies cause poor air quality in parts of B.C.: Environment Canada

  19-05-2023 17:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Environment Canada says smoke is causing poor air quality and reduced visibility through northeastern and central B.C., extending into southern regions.
  But a shift in weather patterns throughout the day is expected to improve conditions.
  The weather agency says smoke also started spreading to the Whistler, Howe Sound and Sunshine Coast regions Thursday, causing variable but hazy conditions.
  It says smoke impacts may be worse at higher elevations in the Okanagan, but rain may a
  
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• Slovak court acquits businessman in retrial over 2018 murder of journalist

  19-05-2023 17:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PRAGUE (AP) — A court in Slovakia has acquitted for a second time a businessman accused of masterminding the 2018 slaying of an investigative journalist and his fiancée.The Specialized Criminal Court in Pezinok, near the capital, Bratislava, which handles Slovakia’s most serious cases, ruled Friday that Marian Kocner was not guilty of murdering Jan Kuciak, who had written about him in the past, and Martina Kusnirova, both aged 27.The crime shocked the country and caused the go
  
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• US and allied naval commanders in Mideast transit Strait of Hormuz, in show of force against Iran

  19-05-2023 16:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABOARD THE USS PAUL HAMILTON IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ (AP) — The Mideast-based commanders of the U.S., British and French navies transited the Strait of Hormuz on Friday aboard an American warship, a sign of their unified approach to keep the crucial waterway open after Iran seized two oil tankers.Tensions in the Persian Gulf have been volatile since Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers collapsed, following the U.S.’ unilateral withdrawal five years ago. The incredibly rare, jo
  
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• Ex-school trustee’s defamation case can’t proceed, Supreme Court of Canada says

  19-05-2023 16:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says a defamation lawsuit initiated years ago by a school trustee against a teacher’s union president should not proceed. 
  Barry Neufeld, who was a trustee in Chilliwack, B.C., made negative comments in 2017 about how a sexual orientation and gender identity program was being implemented in the province’s schools. 
  Glen Hansman, head of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation at the time, criticized Neufeld’s comments when interv
  
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• Convicted killer who escaped Quebec federal prison caught after 51 months on the lam

  19-05-2023 16:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Correctional authorities say a convicted killer who escaped from a federal prison in Quebec more than four years ago was recaptured this week.
  Denis Bégin had disappeared on Feb. 15, 2019, from a minimum security unit at the Federal Training Centre, north of Montreal.
  Bégin, 62, was serving a life sentence for a 1993 murder committed in Montreal when he escaped.
  Correctional Service Canada said Bégin had been recaptured Monday by police in Montreal after bei
  
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• Police officer charged with lying about leaks to Proud Boys leader

  19-05-2023 15:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A police officer was arrested Friday on charges he lied about leaking confidential information to a leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group and obstructed an investigation after group members destroyed a Black Lives Matter banner in the nation’s capital.
  An indictment alleges that Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Shane Lamond, 47, of Stafford, Virginia, warned former Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio that law enforcement had an arrest warrant for Tarrio related to th
  
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• WestJet ramping up after reaching deal with pilots, but warns it will take time

  19-05-2023 14:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — The WestJet Group says it’s ramping up operations as quickly as possible after reaching a last-minute deal with the airline’s pilots to avert a strike.
  However, it warns that the full resumption of operations will take time and encouraged travellers to continue to check the status of their flight before heading to the airport.
  WestJet and the Air Line Pilots Association announced a tentative agreement to avoid the job action early Friday morning.
  The airline had groun
  
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• Intentional Grounding: CFL coverage to take hit with fewer reporters on the road

  19-05-2023 13:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  When sports writer Darrell Davis was on the Saskatchewan Roughriders beat in his early days at the Regina Leader-Post, he felt like he was “on top of the world” as a journalist. 
  “It was a small newspaper but the Roughriders were so important, we went to everything,” he said. “I went to every Roughrider game: pre-season, post-season, even if the Riders weren’t in the post-season, the Leader-Post would send me to the Western Division playoffs and the Grey
  
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• Canada’s Kia Nurse makes WNBA return in new setting, joy but with familiar face

  19-05-2023 13:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The 2023 WNBA season brings along new threads, teammates and joy for Kia Nurse.
  The six-foot guard from Hamilton will be suiting up for the Seattle Storm Saturday when they take on the defending champion Las Vegas Aces. It will be Nurse’s first season in the WNBA since tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee in 2021, costing her all of last season with the Phoenix Mercury.
  “I think it’s different when the game is taken away from you and you didn’t have a
  
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• Arab leaders, joined by Syria’s Assad at summit in Saudi Arabia, look to resolve other conflicts

  19-05-2023 12:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Arab leaders, joined by Syrian President Bashar Assad for the first time in more than a decade, were holding an annual summit Friday in Saudi Arabia, with a focus on Sudan and other conflicts — and a surprise visit by Ukraine’s president.
  The meeting comes as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pursues regional diplomacy with the same vigor he previously brought to the oil-rich kingdom’s confrontation with its archrival Iran and regional pro
  
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• ‘That sucked’: Players from teams that got close reflect on Canada’s Cup drought

  19-05-2023 12:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Shawn Horcoff remembers a pat on the back as he was pumping gas. 
  Wade Redden will never forget the throngs of fans waiting at the airport. 
  Jannik Hansen couldn’t walk down a grocery store aisle without getting an appreciative nod or a few words of encouragement.
  Playing for a Canadian NHL team is a different animal. 
  Going on a long playoff run — one that culminates in a Stanley Cup appearance — in those hockey-mad cities is next level.
  The Toronto Maple Leafs
  
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• VIDEO: Provincial Government Funding $1.9 Million Upgrade For ... - Abbotsford News

  19-05-2023 10:30 via news.google.com
  
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• In The News for May 19 : Travellers breathe easier after WestJet pilot strike averted

  19-05-2023 10:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of May 19 …
  What we are watching in Canada …
  WestJet and its pilots union say they have reached a last-minute deal, averting a strike ahead of the May long weekend.
  A statement from the Air Line Pilots Association says union leaders voted to approve an agreement-in-principle, with a membership vote to begin in the coming days.
  
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• Rewriting history: A look at some historical sites where plaques may be changed

  19-05-2023 10:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Parks Canada is rewriting hundreds of outdated historical plaques that mark some of the country’s most prominent places and events. 
  Here’s a look at 10 sites where texts are being reviewed:
  1. Batoche National Historic Site in Saskatchewan, for colonial assumptions.
  2. Arrival of Jacques Cartier in the Gaspe region of Quebec, for colonial assumptions.
  3. Fort Walsh in Saskatchewan, for colonial assumptions and antiquated terminology.
  4. Yukon Gold Discovery in Yukon, for coloni
  
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• Passport redesign just the latest battle in the culture war over Canadian identity

  19-05-2023 10:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The government hit delete on Terry Fox.That’s how Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre put it when he posted a nearly-five minute video on Twitter condemning the Liberal government for its passport redesign, while standing in front of the National War Memorial, another image removed from future Canadian passports.That video, which calls the passport Justin Trudeau’s “colouring book” because it features images of a squirrel eating a nut and a man raking leav
  
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• Princess Anne to visit Canada’s oldest regiment in New Brunswick this weekend

  19-05-2023 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FREDERICTON — Princess Louise,the mare that was once the mascot of the 8th Canadian Hussars, never met the calvary regiment’s horse-loving colonel-in-chief. But this weekend the cherished horse will be present in photos and in memories as the colonel-in-chief, Princess Anne, visits to mark the 175th anniversary of the regiment based in southern New Brunswick.
  Princess Anne, sister to King Charles and a former Olympic equestrian rider, was appointed to her role with the 8th Canadian H
  
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• ‘Good corporate neighbours’: Locals fear disruptions from giant VW plant in Ontario

  19-05-2023 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. THOMAS, ONTARIO — Jenna Tranter thought she had finally found rural tranquillity a decade ago when she bought a lush 25-acre farm where she could teach horseback riding, removed from the traffic and noise of a major city.  
  But she recently learned she’d be getting a new neighbour: Volkswagen, Europe’s largest carmaker, has announced plans to build a massive electric-vehicle battery manufacturing plant in St. Thomas, Ont., a block away from her home. 
  The German a
  
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• Parks Canada plans major rewrite of more than 200 historic site plaques

  19-05-2023 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — They’re affixed to old buildings where someone important used to live. Or they’re mounted on a rock overlooking somewhere where something once happened. 
  Cast in bronze or lettered on a sign, they’re sometimes the only history lesson many of us ever get. And now Parks Canada wants hundreds of them changed. 
  “The way that many of the national historic designations are framed and positioned does not do justice to the breadth of impacts that they h
  
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• LETTER: Speeders in Chilliwack are getting free ride - Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  19-05-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  LETTER: Speeders in Chilliwack are getting free ride - Chilliwack ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• LETTER: More wonderful care from Chilliwack General Hospital staff ... - Chilliwack Progress

  19-05-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  LETTER: More wonderful care from Chilliwack General Hospital staff ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• LETTER: Biannual seniors spring banquet was a big success ... - Chilliwack Progress

  19-05-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  LETTER: Biannual seniors spring banquet was a big success ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack Basketball Club hosts 25 teams at spring tournament ... - Chilliwack Progress

  19-05-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack Basketball Club hosts 25 teams at spring tournament ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• WestJet, pilots reach 11th-hour deal as strike averted

  19-05-2023 08:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — WestJet and its pilots union say they have reached a last-minute deal, averting a strike ahead of the May long weekend.
  A statement from the Air Line Pilots Association says union leaders voted to approve an agreement-in-principle, with a membership vote to begin in the coming days.
  The airline had grounded the bulk of its fleet Thursday, including for its Swoop subsidiary, parking their 130 planes at airports from Vancouver to Halifax and leaving thousands of travellers in limbo
  
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